Underwear v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Sherman Underwear (Employer) brings this appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s dismissal of a petition filed by Employer to terminate workmen’s compensation benefits to Ellen Vogel (Employee). We affirm the Board.

*77The evidence here showed that Employee is a 69 year old woman who had worked as a seamstress for Employer for 20 years. On April 4,1974, she suffered a work-related injury to her left ankle. She received compensation benefits until April 16, 1976, when Employer’s physician certified that she had…